Ashley MacAllister

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Coaching Experience

• 2016 Olympics (Puerto Rico Head Coach)
• Nebraska Head Coach 2014-2019
• Kentucky Assistant Coach 2013-14
• Murray State Graduate Assistant 2012-13

Athletic Honors

• All-OVC Selection 2008-12
• NCAA Team Championship 2011 (Murray State, 5th Place)
• Ohio Valley Conference Team Champion 2011 (Murray State)
• NCAA Team Championship 2010 (Murray State, 3rd Place)
• OVC Team Champion 2010 (Murray State)
• NCAA Team Championship 2010 (Murray State, 7th Place)
• OVC Newcomer of the Year 2009

Ashley MacAllister was named the fifth rifle coach in the history of the Nebraska rifle program in July 2014. She completed her fifth and final season at Nebraska after a successful Husker career in which she took the Huskers to four consecutive NCAA Championships. 

MacAllister's final season with the Huskers, ended on a positive note after she coached senior Hannah Virga to an individual appearance at the NCAA Championships in the air rifle discipline. MacAllister produced an All-American for the fifth consecutive year as she coached Samantha Peterson to a second-team smallbore award. Under her direction the Huskers ultimately assembled a 13-9 record and capped their season with a runner-up finish at the GARC Championships. 

2017-18 was another successful season for MacAllister, resulting in a school-record setting sixth consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships where the Huskers finished eighth. She also produced an All-American in senior Dacotah Faught, who claimed a second-team honor in air rifle. By the season's end, Nebraska had amassed an overall record of 9-21 that included a fifth-place finish at the GARC Championships. 

MacAllister's third season at Nebraska was a successful one.  She led the Huskers to a fifth consecutive NCAA Championships appearance, tying a school record.  Improving upon the previous season, NU finished sixth. MacAllister also produced two All-Americans in 2016-17, with Samantha Peterson earning an honorable mention in smallbore and Dacotah Faught claiming a second-team air rifle honor.  Ultimately she led the Huskers to a 10-3 regular season record and a sixth-place finish at the GARC Championships.

In 2015-16, MacAllister added assistant coach Rick Johnson to her staff. The pair led the Huskers to a 8-6 regular-season record, along with a sixth-place finish at the GARC Championships. Additionally, the pair took NU to its fourth consecutive NCAA appearance, where the team finished eighth in her second season at Nebraska. MacAllister also produced two All-Americans in Rachel and Denise Martin. MacAllister also led the the Puerto Rico National Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as its head coach.

In her first season (2014-15) at Nebraska, MacAllister led the Huskers to their third consecutive NCAA Championship appearance, where the team finished fourth overall. MacAllister also coached Rachel Martin to an individual smallbore championship. Martin captured the title and became only the third Husker to win an individual championship. Under MacAllister, the team finished third in the conference and 7-5 during the regular season.

MacAllister came to Nebraska after spending the 2013-14 season as an assistant coach at Kentucky. She inherited a Nebraska program that finished fifth at the 2014 NCAA Championships.

Before coming to Nebraska, MacAllister assisted in the day-to-day management of the Kentucky rifle program under Coach Harry Mullins. MacAllister coordinated practice plans, matches, team travel, equipment and facility management at Kentucky. She also assisted in recruiting. MacAllister helped the Wildcats to a third-place finish at the 2014 NCAA Championships.

MacAllister was a four-year letterwinner and a team captain at Murray State. Her career for the Racers included a third-place overall team finish in air rifle at the 2010 NCAA Championships. She was a member of the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team in air rifle in 2009. She was a two-time second-team All-OVC selection in air rifle. MacAllister was also a leader on Ohio Valley Conference championship teams in 2010 and 2011. She helped Murray State to a fifth-place team finish as a junior at the 2011 NCAA Championships and a seventh-place team finish in 2010.

MacAllister earned her bachelor's degree in political science from Murray State in May of 2012, before spending the 2012-13 season as a graduate assistant for the Racers rifle team. She assisted in the daily operations of the program, including the coordination of team travel and operation of the target system during team matches. She earned her master's degree in human development and leadership from Murray State in May of 2013. MacAllister also spent a year as an intern within the Murray State athletic department, gaining a working knowledge of each area in the department.

In addition to her experience at Murray State and Kentucky, MacAllister spent five years assisting with the Civilian Marksmanship Program. In the summers of 2012, 2013 and 2014, she served as assistant director, preparing for summer camps by hiring and training camp counselors, coordinating travel and managing the daily operations of the summer camps. She began her association with the Civilian Marksmanship Program in 2009 and 2010, serving as a camp counselor and teaching shooting skills to junior high and high school students.

A native of Eubank, Ky., MacAllister was heavily involved in campus and community activities at Murray State. She served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's executive committee and represented Murray State at annual Ohio Valley Conference meetings. She was also the vice-chairman of the Kentucky Federation of College Republicans and the Murray State College Republicans. She also spent two months in the summer of 2011 working in the office of Kentucky Congressman Hal Rogers at the U.S. House of Representatives.

Her husband Tim is the video coordinator for Creighton University's basketball program. The couple lives in Ashland.